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Truck Craft Spinner Motor problem

I have a Truck Craft under tailgate spreader with the auger inside and my spinner motor spins and after about a minute of run time then slows and comes to a stop. When I called the manufacturer they said I needed a new motor. When I found out the price of $750.00 for the motor, I fell out of my chair.

Has anyone replaced their spinner motor with something other than what the manufacturers have?

Yeah I had the same problem with one of their early models. I purchased a spare motor and found someone local to rebuild the motors from then on. The rebuilds were way cheaper but never seemed to last as long. I even took the rebuilds to my local Lin ex dealer for water proofing after the rebuild. Overall I was very unhappy with this Truckcraft unit and would never buy another. After this I learned salt and electric don't mix. I can't believe everyone is going to electric.

Look at a electric motor company call truckcraft and get the spec the motors are leeson, 12 volt, In the past 10 years I have gone though 8 of them, It sucks but they need to be replaced. I only get 1 season out of them. When i talked to truckcraft and complained they told me to stop powerwashing the motor. I guess the problem is I wash my stuff to much and it ruins the motors????? Huh who would of guessed.

Everything ruins the motors, salt, water, etc. They are a horrible design, they last 2 years at best, and highly overpriced. I have 3 friends that run them and they will say the same exact thing. I'll keep my hydraulic and gas powered spreaders.

Look at a electric motor company call truckcraft and get the spec the motors are leeson, 12 volt, In the past 10 years I have gone though 8 of them, It sucks but they need to be replaced. I only get 1 season out of them. When i talked to truckcraft and complained they told me to stop powerwashing the motor. I guess the problem is I wash my stuff to much and it ruins the motors????? Huh who would of guessed.

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I had the same deal with my Downeaster, they wanted $450 bucks for a new spinner motor, went down to Angellos with my old motor and they matched up a buyer motor for under $100.00. Worth the try if I were you.

If not and you're looking for an undertailgate unit I'd highly reccomend a Swenson Electric Under Tailgate, we are very very happy with our thus far, seriously heavy duty motors compared to the salt dogg(Buyers) unit. Overall a very nice heavy duty unit. Ours was $4350 out the door we installed ourselves with some light fabrication.